# Mike Bare

Mike Bare is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin House for district 80.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wisconsin House, district 80
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: WI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b0b0777-af08-40f2-a45b-3c2431b37722

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b0b0777-af08-40f2-a45b-3c2431b37722 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

11% of the 401 bills Bare sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Wisconsin House.

## What Bare says (WI 2025–26 session)

58 classified statements: 58 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bare | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.5% | 2.5% | 188 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 10.4% | 621 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 27.6% | 39.2% | 553 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 2.9% | 225 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.5% | 14.4% | 605 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 63% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 13% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Health 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 6.3% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 6.3% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 584 donors and 317 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WI 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wisconsin House 97.7%). Party unity 99.3% (97.6%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 1 Relating to: an income tax subtraction for qualified tips and for qualified overtime compensation; state aid for school districts; surplus refund… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2026S1/AB1/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 181 Relating to: a levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB181/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 659 Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB659/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 997 Relating to: funding for the Department of Financial Institutions for contributions to Trump accounts and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB997/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 439 Relating to: levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB439/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 812 Relating to: allowing more than 35 percent of the area within a tax incremental district in the Village of Somers to be used for residential use. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB812/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 870 Relating to: adopting changes to the federal Internal Revenue Code for state tax purposes and modifying administrative rules related to such changes.… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB870/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · PASSAGE · AB 996 Relating to: contributions by the Department of Financial Institutions to Trump accounts. · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB996/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · PASSAGE · AB 957 Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE) · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB957/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · CONCURRENCE · SB 501 Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts… · pass · https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/SB501/

## Legislation (WI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 401 bills: 401 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 11.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wisconsin House 45.2%; rank 80 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 1164: Relating to: permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1164/
- AB 1184: Relating to: grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1184/
- AJR 149: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AJR149/
- AB 1177: Relating to: notice provided to electric utility customers with rate case information... (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1177/
- AB 1220: Relating to: coordination of mass communications. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1220/
- AB 1183: Relating to: grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1183/
- AB 1200: Relating to: contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, labor organizations, and federally recognized American Indian Tribes. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1200/
- AB 1195: Relating to: creating an Office of Civil Legal Aid to be overseen by a Civil Legal Aid Board, providing a right to the appointment of counsel at state expense… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1195/
- AB 1202: Relating to: reporting a contributor’s place of employment. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1202/
- AB 1215: Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. (FE) (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/wi/bills/2025/AB1215/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $61.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2114429716186751426
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2113724064992833541
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2113733360791306728
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2112909327795118287
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/baremike/status/2112564469771481443
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2111895842982388009
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2111264104107098297
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/baremike/status/2110884302556897783
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/baremike/status/2110760932926198081
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/baremike/status/2110479774560706717

## Links

- Official site: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/legislator/2023/2554
- Campaign site: https://www.votebare.com/
- X: https://x.com/baremike
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBare
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MikeBareforStateAssembly/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebare1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b0b0777-af08-40f2-a45b-3c2431b37722